Pick: Columbia

PRINCETON AT DARTMOUTH:

Yawn.

Pick: Princeton

YALE AT COLUMBIA:

The biggest game of the weekend will be decided in the frontcourt, where Lions forward Alex Rosenberg will be tasked with both containing Sears on the defensive end and taking him away from the basket on the other end. It’s a strategy that Princeton has utilized to great success, but Rosenberg is a notorious defensive liability.

This matchup couldn’t be more unfortunate for the beat writers covering. Last weekend at Yale, a YDN member was observed Googling “what is a frontcourt” during the game. Certainly not as embarrassing as the neighboring beat writer using Internet Explorer, but a dark mark nonetheless.

Pick: Yale

PENN AT HARVARD:

On senior night, in front of a sold-out home crowd, Harvard has an opportunity for revenge on the only other inhabitant of the league’s middle class. Penn, which like the

Crimson is winless against the league’s top three teams, has gone an impressive 5-2 against the rest of the league. It wore down Harvard in the last meeting, with freshman point guard Jake Silpe badgering Tommy McCarthy into one of his worst games of the season.

In the aftermath, senior Patrick Steeves noted that the 1-5 Crimson “play all these teams again.” Harvard is 2-3 so far in its rematches, and this represents its best shot to get the third win.

Pick: Harvard

PENN AT PRINCETON:

This game should do a good job of bearing out the difference between “frisky” and “good”.

Pick: Princeton

–Staff writer David Freed can be reached at david.freed@thecrimson.com.